I think about this Kara Walker New Yorker cover often. Made for the 2 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, appropriating Géricault as a way to show the consistent and persistent violence government corruption. Nothing fixed, nothing changed. (Post Katrina, Adrift, 2007)

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The Raft of the Medusa
-1819, Théodore Géricault

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The Raft of the Medusa
-1819, Théodore Géricault

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OC, Théodore Géricault

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IMPACT - ARTE: PINTURA: LA FÁBRICA DE CAL - THÉODORE GÉRICAULT https://t.co/jQFaoevP2h

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IMPACT - ARTE: PINTURA: LA FÁBRICA DE CAL - THÉODORE GÉRICAULT https://t.co/jQFaoevP2h

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IMPACT - ARTE: PINTURA: LA FÁBRICA DE CAL - THÉODORE GÉRICAULT https://t.co/jQFaoevP2h

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IMPACT - ARTE: PINTURA: LA FÁBRICA DE CAL - THÉODORE GÉRICAULT https://t.co/jQFaoeedDH

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IMPACT - ARTE: PINTURA: LA FÁBRICA DE CAL - THÉODORE GÉRICAULT https://t.co/jQFaoevP2h

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'Retour de Russie' by Théodore Géricault (1818)

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"Chapel at night by JEAN LOUIS THÉODORE GÉRICAULT" - weight: 1

"#film charcoal drawing matte background matte painting" - weight: 1" - made with

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It is very contemporary! I think of this as showing continuity rather than stasis, though. For comparison: Velázquez 1640 vs Géricault 1822.

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La mano izquierda del artista...

Théodore Géricault, 1823

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26 janvier 1824 : Décès de Théodore Géricault, peintre et sculpteur français.

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The Woman with Gambling Mania (1822)
by Théodore Géricault
Style: Realism

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The Woman with Gambling Mania (1822)
by Théodore Géricault
Style: Realism

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French artist Théodore Géricault (1791-1824) painted decapitated heads, severed limbs, and intact corpses from life: these were actual "models" from a morgue he visited.

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